Candy-crystallizer.



U. B. PRICE.

CANDY CRYSTALLIZER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 22, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET1 INVENTOR C. E. PRICE.

CANDY GRYSTALLIZER.

4 APPLIQATION I'll-11D APR 22. 1911. 1,012,011, Patented Dec.19. 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WITNESSW 66 mil 31v QR. CA-

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C. ti. PRICE.

CANDY GRYSTALLIZER.

APPLICATION rum) A2312, 1911 1,012,611 1, Patented Dec. 19,1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET F!v WITNESSES INVENTOR.

BY qma/ CL ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAIJDE ELMI'lR PRICE, E ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR O1! ONE-HALF 'I'O RALPH W. DOUGLAS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

cANnY-cmrs rALLizEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1911. Serial No. 622,783.

Patented Dec. 19, 1 $11.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE ELMl-JR Pmca,

' a citizen of the United States of America.

tion shown in t residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have in- "vented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy-Crystallizers, of which the followin which- Figure 1,isa-n end elevation of the entire device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a to view of a group of baskets, including a p an of pipe connections with drain tanks; and Fig. 4 is a detail cross sectional view of a pan and basket, and a pipe connection, the arts broken away, showin uncrystallized candy in the basket.

imila-r letters meter to similar parts in the several views.

A A represent the several parts of the frame of the device and A is a plat-form. Said platform is for. the use of an operator to enable him to reach the upper pans and baskets of the crystallizer.

B B- are drain tanks having inclined bottoms as indicated in Fig. 1, and C is a syrup cooler tank.

D- are shallow metal pans, and

are metal baskets each provided with a removable cover at. The purpose of making the heavy crysta izat-ion of syru which occurs in deep ans. Preferably construct my device with apluralit of mm spaced one above another and wit a p urality of wire bottom baskets in each pan, thereby saving floor space.

is a pum to draw-syrup from kettle E, (shown bro en away,) throu 11 pipe E and also to pump syrup from rain tanks 13 B- through pipe E.

P is a va ve on ipe E and P P are valves on pipe E. 11K! valves are respectivel used in the above described operation of rowing syrup through said pipes E and E. I

pans shallow is to obviate the- I" is a pnm line pipe to carry the syrup from pump B into the syrup cooler C.

F 18 a pi '0 controlled by valve f to drain from pipe li I provide a valve f on line pipe F, as shown in F i 1, which when closed forces syrup throug 1 valve or valves f which must be opened for the operation, for the purpose of pumping syrup to other places, and I also provide an opening and valve 1" on said line pipe to permit syrup to be" umped back into the top of kettle E for 1; ie purpose of circulatin the syrup and thorouhly dissolving t 1e sugar.

is a pocket to catch any nails that may have been in the sugar.

The syrup having been pumped into said syrup cooler tank, water is simultaneously turned into opposite ends of feed headers H H. I I- are coils so arranged that alternate coils are fed from op osite ends of the tank by feed headers H I: and they also overflow in a corresponding manner through overflow headers H H. The syru hay-in been cooled by means of the above 'escribcil process to the desired temperature and the candy to be crystallized placed in baskets D D'-., the desired valve or valves J on trunk line K are opened to permit the. syrup to pass through said valves J. The desired valve or valves J on branch pipe or pipes K is now opened allowing the syrup to pass through said valve and branch piBe K into one or more of said shallow pans the pan or pans having previously been lled with baskets D" D- containing candybefore it is crystallized, as shown in F1 4.

As the pans D are filled with syrup va ves J J are closed. Valve L, as shofwn in Fig. 2, is now opened allowing steam to pass through heating coils L' L'- t9 keep the syrup in pans D D-- at the desired temperature untl the process of crystallization is completed. Valves J are again opened, and valve J 2 is likewise opened to allow sur lus s rup to drain into tie drain tank. alve is closed at the same time that valve J. is a in opened and lids d d-- are removed to a low the crystallized goods in said baskets to cool. The baskets containing the crystallized candy are now removed from ,ans D l)- and the candy is ready to be pac (ed. Thebaskets having been emptied are again placed in the pans, covers :1 drare placed thereon and steam is tumul -into trunk line K through valve M; one or more valves J are next. opened and also one or more valves J, except the top one, valve J now bein glosed}.l The steam ii: then forced throu' ranc pipe or ipes into an or ans dissolving all sligar that has drystall ired..in pans D and on baskets D and covers 'J.

Valve J is then opened to allow the svrup' formed by this operation to drain into rain tank B. Steam is now turned, through valves 0 0, shown in Fig. 1, and through pipes O 0, into syru cooler tank C. All valves on the trunk ine are now 0 ned allowing syrup formed by this operation to pass into drain tanks B. The syrup that has drained into tank B may now be removed by opening valves P P allowing said syrup to flow into pump B by which it may be pumped through pump line F to the desired location. i

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

' supply pipes connected therewith, and drain tanks at the base of the frame, of a line pipe and valves therefor forming connection between said pump and said cooler tank, a trunk line central in said candy crvstallizer and a plurality of branch pipes therefrom spaced apart. a valve to allow syrup to enter said trunk line, a plurality of valves to allow syrup to pass into said branch pipes, as desired. a valve at the base of said trunk line to allow surplus syrup to drain 'into the drain pipe to he. repumped into the syrup cooler.

2. 'lho combination in a candy crystallizer having a supporting' frame. of a shallow pan and :1 It'lllflVill'llC wire bottom basket therein nppurtvd horizontnllv thereby to receive syrup and reduce to the minimum the set- Hing of sugar therein and a hranrh pipe, provided with a valve, having connection with said pan througlrwhich by the town of gravity said pan and basket are tilled and drained and by which they are steamed out.

ll. candy rrystnllizer comprising a supporting frame, :I syrup cooling tank thereon, roils therein. feed headers and overllow headers for etl'ecting an oven temperature of the syrup, drainage tanks at the hose of Said frame. a plurality of shallow pans supported in said frame '|lil( \'(l. vertirully apart, a lurality of removable winhottoni shallow inskets carried in said pans and the necessary on wind supply piping and operating mechanism,

4. In a candy crystallizer the jfimhination of a frame, a central trunk hillto" reooire. distribute and discluirge s rup-om said trunk line and through one or more of \ul\'e'= thereon to regulate sug-hmcel-pt dist-ribution and discharge a plurality ofsihah low pens, 'the bottom 0 'each engaging with the outer-end of one of said branch pipes, shallow detached baskets carried in each of said pans and a plurality of heating coils underneath the pa ns to regulate the temperature of the syrup as the process of crystallization proceeds.

5. In a candy crystallizer pipes regulated by valves eomprismgia line through which heated syrup may .be pumped from a kettle into a syrup cooling tank su ported at an elevation, cold water feed hea ers and overflow water headers and cells so arranged as to connect, at opposite ends with said feed and overflow headers to obtain an evenly reduced temperature of syrup in said tank, a trunk line pipe at the bottom of said cooler tank and seated in a drain tank, a plurality of corresponding branch pipes each entering a shallow pan and a plurality of coils beneath said pans having steam heat pipe connection for regulating the temperature of the syrup in said pans.

6. n a cand crystallizer the combination with asuitab e kettle, pump and syrup cooler tank and drain tanks, and'feed and overflow headers for and coils within said cooler tanks, of a trunk line forming vertical connect-ion between said tanks, a ump line pipe to pump syrup into said coo er, a pipe to drain syrup from said line pipe, 2. p111 rality of horizontal branch pipes extending from said trunk lirie, a plurality of shallow metal pans to receive syrup through the bottoms thereof from said branch pipes and a plurality of shallow wire bottom baskets carried in said shallow metal pans, heating coils underneath said pans and a plurality of valves in said pipes by which to regulate the flow of syrup.

7. A candy crystallizer provided with a suitable kettle and pump, comprising a frame and elevated platform, a syrup cooler tank provided with feed and overflow headers and. with alternate coils therein fed silnul aueonvly from opposite ends thereof, a drainage tank having an inclined bottom slightly elevated withimsaidjrame, a. trunk line connecting said cooler and drainage looks. a pump line pipe to carry syrup to the cooler tank, a pipe to drain from said lino pipe and a controlling valve therefor, valves on said line pipe to allow syrup to be pumped to any desn'ed locations, a valve on said line pipe to permit syrup to be pumped hack intosaid kettle for the purpose of circulating the syrnpand dissolving the sugar. a plurality of shallow metal pans rarried by said frame, removable wire hottom baskets in said pains and covers therefor, lu'mn'h pipes from soil] trunk line, valves on saidtrunk and branch lines permitting \'l'll|l to [low out of said cooler tank, down 'heating' coils underneath said pans said branch lines upon candy in said baskets at the base of said-trunk1ine to ellew surplus syrup to drain into Said iiral'mage tank,

.a valve to permit steam to be turned into said trunk hne to pass through said branch pipes into said pans to disso ve an ar that may crystallize fast 'to said pans, askets, covers, pipes and valves and valves to per- 10 mit syrup to flow into the pump to be rea. valve 1 I CLAUDE ELMER PRICE.

Witnesses:

- L. C. BAUMAN,

I E. F. HARTZELL. 

